Judy Murray's development is planned for Park of Keir (Image: Stirling Observer)

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However, local politicians have warned that the ambitious plans for Park of Keir are a no go.

Updated proposals for the tennis centre and golf academy, combined with housing development, were unveiled on Monday.

Plans for the development were announced last year, with a series of consultation events being held in the area, but the plans were dealt a blow in March of this year when, in a response to the Stirling Development Plan, the Scottish Government turned down proposals to for homes on Park of Keir and other greenbelt areas.

The new proposals show the planned nine-hole golf course has been reduced to six holes, as reported by the Observer in April, after concerns were raised by members of the existing Dunblane and Bridge of Allan Golf Clubs.

Developers are yet to reveal the exact amount of houses, which is thought to be around 100, planned for the site, but have stated that a residential development is required to offset the cost of the sports facilities, and also unveiled proposals for a community park.

A spokeswoman for Park of Keir said: “The partners have listened to feedback about the proposed housing which is an essential part of the development to ensure that the centre is built debt-free, which in turn is a pre-requsite to ensuring that the cost of access to the facilities will be less than it otherwise would be.

“Concerns raised about the risk of further future development “creepage” and potential risk of proposed development leading to the coalescence of Dunblane and Bridge of Allan, can be put at ease as the developers are keen to enter into discussions with the local communities about them taking ownership of the residual land as a “community park” to further enhance the accessibility of the site for leisure and recreational use.”

A new website for the development was also unveiled on Monday, which states that a planning application is set to be submitted in August, with work proposed to start next summer, allowing the development to open mid-2016.

However local politicians have warned housing at the site will not be accepted.

Green Councillor for Dunblane and Bridge of Allan Mark Ruskell said:“Tomorrow Stirling Council will finalise it’s Local Development Plan and there is zero allocation for housing on the historic landscape of Park of Keir. The proposal maybe a good model to develop a new tennis centre, but it’s in completely the wrong place.”

Terence O’Byrne, chairman of Dunblane Community Council, said the community council had consistently opposed any plans for housing on the Park of Keir, and continues to do so.

He said: “The revised development plans issued this week still do not show any smaller affordable housing, this is unrealistic as all developments must have an affordable element or contribution.

“We cannot see any difference between this plan and the one presented at our meeting in April 2014 this year, we invited the developers to return to us for further discussion once the proposals had been progressed and asked that details of the business that plan that justifies the scale of housing be produced.

“No such update has been forthcoming. If the timeline on the website is to be believed with a planning application to be submitted in July 2014 then any such discussions would need to have taken place by now. We would be concerned about the viability of a six hole ‘golf course’ which if was not successful could lead to further applications for housing. There have not been any discussions on the concept of the Community Park at all which seems to be one of the key themes in the recent press release.”

Councillor O’Byrne also highlighted a quote on the Park of Keir website which implied support for the proposals from Stirling Council. A spokeswoman for Park of Keir said that the quote was from a council report on plans for a 150 bed hotel and 18 hole golf course at the site, which was granted planning permission in 2005, but that it had now been removed from the website to avoid confusion.